raspberry pi

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    Anyone know if Raspbian OS (with desktop) disconnect from wifi/sleep/shut down on its own after some time?

    Sorry I couldn't find a suitable forum to post this question in. I tried /r/raspberry_pi on reddit but they auto-deleted my post. I left my home on an extended trip and wanted to use a raspberry pi with camera to monitor my water meter in my house by capturing automated still photos and running...
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    Enclosure or Nas build advice and direction please...

    I have a synology ds920+ in and have replaced several drives and have a collection of 8tb Seagate compute (yes i know some are smr, hourly i can still use them?) and Toshiba n300 drives and an ironwolf. I wanted to create storage that i can put together a collection of retro files on (all kinds...
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    Server Noob attempting first TrueNas-ProxMox-AutoRipping Machine Server Builds

    Hello, I need some help on a project that I am working on. I apologize for the length, but I wanted to be thorough. Background: I am a CCNA guy, server noob, who works in IT and through my job, I was able to acquire a lot of free decommissioned equipment from various data centers and server...
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    One big home server or several small ones?

    Background: I have a media server that's been offline for a while. It has several disks between 1TB-3TB (JBOD) and room to add more. I built it to simply store all my CD, DVD and BrD rips. I played the files on an HTPC so transcoding wasn't an issue - but I retired the HTPC some time ago and I...
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    Use FreeNAS and FreeBSD service to talk to wireless sensors

    Hey I was finally able to trace the sensor readings using wireless temperature transmitter interface with raspberry pi But I am curious to do it by using FreeNAS and FreeBSD services to achieve mention below points - Send the readings from raspberry pi to FreeNas storage system where readings...
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    The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B thread

    I ended up getting two Raspberry Pi 3's this week. MCM Electronics ordered March 1, 2016, shipped March 9, 2016, arrived March 15, 2016 Vilros 16GB Starter Kit (see an example here) - ordered March 14, 2016 arrived March 17, 2016 - thank you Prime! A few notes: I like the official MCM case a...